"I met some of my heroes as the result of being the events coordinator at Schwartz Bookshop," Gohde told me when we talked about the Cedar Block show, which salutes Schwartz as an incubator of friendship, creativity and community. | April 17, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(1)

Eau Claire artist Justin Vernon has returned to releasing music under the name Bon Iver, with the new single "Heavenly Father" from the new Zach Braff movie "Wish I Was Here." Pabst Theater photo by CJ Foeckler.| July 16, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

Genesee Depot — Actor David Hyde Pierce hopes to spend his Wisconsin week doing what his TV alter ego, Dr. Niles Crane, so often hilariously failed to do — make the people around him feel encouraged and recharged.

Pierce is this year's master teacher for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys, the former home of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in western Waukesha County, now a museum and theater education center. He's working with 10 experienced regional theater actors, including Milwaukee's Angela Iannone. | July 16, 2014»Read Full Article(1)

Playwright Charles Busch has said that the protagonists in his plays are struggling women creating new selves so they can feel at home.

But even by Busch's standards, there's no one quite like teenager Chicklet Forrest (Kristin Johnson), a would-be surfer with multiple personalities at the center of "Psycho Beach Party," the campy California spoof now being staged by Theatre Unchained (co-direction by James Dragolovich and Lindsey Erin). | July 16, 2014»Read Full Article